CBSE Class 8 English Practice Worksheet Set A

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Future Tense

The future tense is used for a future activity or a future state of being

Future Tense is divided into four parts :-
1) Simple future / Future Indefinite
2) Future Continuous
3) Future Perfect
4) Future Perfect Continuous

Simple Future/ Future Indefinite

Future indefinite indicates that an action or occurrence has not happened yet and will take place at some point in the future.
Affirmative :- Subject + will/shall + 1st form of the verb
Ex. I shall bake a cake.
She will bake a cake.
Negative :- Subject + will/shall + not + 1st form of the verb.
Ex. I shall not bake a cake.
She will not bake a cake.
Interrogative:- Will / Shall + Subject + 1st form of verb
Ex. Shall I bake a cake?
Will she bake a cake?
Future Continuous Tense
The future continuous tense indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an expected length of time.
Affirmative:- Subject + will / shall + be + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. I shall be baking a cake.
She will be baking a cake.
Negative:- Subject + will / shall + not + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. I will not be baking a cake.
She will not be baking a cake.
Interrogative:- Will / Shall + Subject + be + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. Shall I be baking a cake?
Will she be baking a cake?

Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense is used to express an action which, the speaker assumes, will have completed or occurred in the future. ... This tense is also sometimes used to express completion of an action in future before another activity happens.
Affirmative:- Subject + will / shall + have + 3rd form of verb
Ex. I shall have baked the cake.
She will have baked the cake.
Negative:- Subject + will / shall + not + have + 3rd form of verb
Ex. I shall not have baked the cake.
She will not have baked the cake.
Interrogative:- Will / Shall + subject + have + 3rd form of verb
Ex. Shall I have baked the cake?
Will she have baked the cake?
Future Perfect Continuous Tense

We use the future perfect continuous to show that something will continue up until a particular event or time in the Future.
Affirmative:- Subject + will / shall + have + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. I shall have been baking the cake.
She will have been baking the cake.
Negative:- Subject + will / shall + have + not + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. I shall have not been baking a cake.
She will have not been baking a cake.
Interrogative:- Will / Shall + Subject + have + been + 1st form of verb + ing
Ex. Shall I have been baking a cake?
Will he have been baking a cake?

Q.1 Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verb given in the brackets:-
1) Saurabh ----------- the meeting tomorrow. ( attend - simple future)
2) They -----------to a new place next month. (shift - future Continuous )
3) He --------- success in exams. (achieve - future perfect )
4) She --------- this work. ( do -- simple future )
5) My father ------------ rest .( take - future perfect )
6)---------- they ---------- in the office ? ( talk - future Continuous)
7)She -------- in the dance competition. ( perform - simple future)
8) My mother ------------- to attend the birthday party.( go - future Continuous)
9) She----------- this goal. (achieve - future perfect)
10) Sunita -------------- on this topic. ( think - future Continuous)

NOTE Do the above mentioned exercise in a copy or on paper.

Q.1 Fill in the blanks with correct form of Verb-

1. move __________ __________

2. __________ did __________

3. __________ __________ seen

4. __________ made __________

5. buy __________ __________

6. __________ __________ brought

7. __________ __________ gone

8. __________ broke __________

9. know __________ __________

10. __________ heard __________

Q.2. Choose the correct verb form those in brackets-

1. The earth __________ round the sun (move, moves, moved)

2. I __________ him only one letter upto now (sent, have sent, send)

3. He __________ TV often in the evening (watches, is watch, watching)

4. She __________ Rahim at the zoo. (saw, have seen, had seen)

5. I cannot __________ my feelings. (expressed, express, expressing)

6. He __________ a mill in this town. (has, have, is having)

7. We __________ our breakfast half an hour ago. (finished, have finished, had finished)

8. The Principal __________ to speak to you. (is wanting, want, wants) 

9. I __________ something burning. (smell, am smelling, have been smelling)

10. She __________ unconscious since four o’clock. (is, was, has been)